How much due process is required before branding a person a child abuser? SCOKY will decide.

The Kentucky Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a case that asks how much due process individuals deserve before they are branded as child abusers, the Courier-Journal reports. Unlike the sex-offender registries that every state makes available on the Internet, child offender lists generally aren’t accessible to the public. A person doesn’t have to be convicted or charged with a crime to be listed. In Kentucky, people are placed on it because a social worker substantiates an allegation of abuse or neglect, according to the newspaper. A man identified by his initials, W.B., sued to challenge the protocol, fearing that being listed would cost him his teaching post. [from the Wall Street Journal]